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[[File:Christopher Tolkien - Northern Beleriand 1.jpg|thumb|[[Christopher Tolkien]]'s sketch, showing how [[Hithlum]] and [[Helcaraxë]] are close to the Chasm at the northern edge of the world.]] | [[File:Christopher Tolkien - Northern Beleriand 1.jpg|thumb|[[Christopher Tolkien]]'s sketch, showing how [[Hithlum]] and [[Helcaraxë]] are close to the Chasm at the northern edge of the world.]] | ||
The '''Chasm of Ilmen''' ([[Qenya]]: ''Ilmen-assa''<ref | The '''Chasm of Ilmen''' ([[Qenya]]: ''Ilmen-assa''<ref>{{SM|5c}}, Note #5</ref>) is the gap between the edge of [[Ambar|the World]] and [[Vaiya]]. It is filled with the air of [[Ilmen]].<ref name=fashion>{{SM|5b}}</ref> | ||
Where the interior seas fell down the Chasm of Ilmen, their waterfalls made bridges of ice which close the chasm. The ice extended to all [[Vaiya]] and even the [[Ilurambar]].<ref name=fashion/> | Where the interior seas fell down the Chasm of Ilmen, their waterfalls made bridges of ice which close the chasm. The ice extended to all [[Vaiya]] and even the [[Ilurambar]].<ref name=fashion/> | ||
Revision as of 09:10, 23 January 2020
The Chasm of Ilmen (Qenya: Ilmen-assa[1]) is the gap between the edge of the World and Vaiya. It is filled with the air of Ilmen.[2]
Where the interior seas fell down the Chasm of Ilmen, their waterfalls made bridges of ice which close the chasm. The ice extended to all Vaiya and even the Ilurambar.[2]
Tilion who guides the Moon plunges in the chasm between the western shores of the earth and Vaiya, the Outer Sea.[2][3]
Other versions of the Legendarium
Christopher Tolkien notes that in the Ambarkanta, as well as an earlier unfinished version of the Silmarillion (c. 1937)[note 1], there is a chasm between the Earth and the Outer Sea (=Vaiya), into which Tilion guides the Moon. However for the published Silmarillion,[note 2] he preferred a later passage (c. 1951)[note 3] where Tilion plunges into a chasm which is beyond the Outer Sea (=Ekkaia).[4]
Notes
- ↑ Cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", p.242
- ↑ Cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
- ↑ Cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Annals of Aman": §177
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: [Notes to] Of the Fashion of the World", Note #5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Of the Fashion of the World"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", p.242
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Commentary on the Ambarkanta", p.154, footnote
